Skip limits, ads & restrictions

When you're listening to free radio stations, you can skip up to 6 songs per hour.

When you're nearing your skip limit, you'll see a notification with the option to subscribe to Google Play Music. If you choose to subscribe, you'll get unlimited skips and ad-free access to over 30 million songs.

With free radio, there will be some limitations to which songs you can play. For example, if you give a thumbs up rating to music from a free radio station, it will be grayed out in your Thumbs up playlist. You'll need to purchase the song or subscribe to Google Play Music to play this music in your Thumbs up playlist.